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Friend fears woman influenced killer
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* z" p8 N5 p0 e u" z7 rBy: Mike McIntyre
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Updated: August 5 at 12:45 AM CDT 1 Q$ ^2 B2 O5 P& ]5 J+ Q" z
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Print Article E-mail Article ShareThisThe seeds for Tim McLean's brutal murder on board a Greyhound bus last week may have been planted when the accused killer, Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba, the Free Press has learned. % J. {# \3 V" g7 W9 o* p2 s
3 b# z8 x% t$ y0 ~- R n3 d5 \# iLi, 40, took a seat at the front of the bus beside the woman after getting on board in Brandon. The pair chatted and were even seen smoking cigarettes together during a rest stop.8 a C4 ~. n& C
; r/ {% C7 W/ i6 y% H$ \# c5 aAs the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.9 \# E* T+ {" A
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It was just moments later that Li allegedly began stabbing McLean repeatedly with a large hunting knife, eventually severing his head, defiling his body and holding police at bay for a couple of hours after passengers scrambled off the bus.
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' {# L9 _# V0 K6 a* x; qMcLean's family and friends don't believe Li's change-of-seating was a coincidence. And they question why he was charged with second-degree murder and not first-degree murder, which indicates planning and premeditation.* }( E, _' ]1 [) L' A# S5 M+ J7 {
- J8 D5 L' e8 \9 f: ~) d"I have this unbelievably strong feeling that him sitting beside Stacy had something to do with this," McLean's former girlfriend, Alexandra Storey, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview Monday.
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8 e- b4 Z0 L4 h9 ^Tim and Stacy had become friends while working together at various western Canadian fairs through North American Midway Entertainment. They were travelling together to Winnipeg -- although seated separately in different areas of the bus -- and had planned to meet up with a mutual friend in the city before all heading back out to British Columbia.
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/ N$ d" v8 |* v5 u2 _' m; q! yMcLean's loved ones now desperately want to speak with the woman to find out more about her dealings with Li on the bus.
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They only know that she quickly returned to B.C. after McLean's killing, and presumably after an interview with police.- u1 L$ ?0 K& I4 b$ h
7 S( h' ?# b. C7 P; e$ Q# ^& [A call to North American Midway Entertainment seeking information about the woman wasn't returned on Monday.
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